Screenplays Still!

Hard to believe it has been a year since I've posted to my blog! And what a busy year it has been. My screenplay, Zak Goes Back to School, made the Top 25 in the Phoenix Film Festival Screenplay Competition. I just finished revising my second screenplay, Retro Geeks, in time to enter the Kids First! Film Festival Screenplay Competition. (Wish me success!) Next up - Winslow, Arizona, which I'd like to enter in the Phoenix Film Festival this year. The script still needs LOTS of work but my birthday trip to Winslow inspired me to fininsh the project. (Yes - I actually stood on the corner in Winslow, Arizona! And there was even a flatbed Ford there, too!) I now have a list of five more screenplay ideas - at the rate at which I finish scripts, I should have those completed by 2015!

Screenwriting

Well, folks, for the rest of 2008, I have decided to devote all of my so-called "free" time to screenwriting. I just completed a first draft of the comedy, Zak Goes Back to School and I am working on a second draft of my adaptation of my novel, Hey Dorothy You're Not in Kansas Anymore. I will also be adapting my novel, Where is Wonderland Anyway and I have ideas for four additional scripts! I better get writing and stop worring about updating my blog! I will tell you that the more I learn about screenwriting, the less I realize I know about screenwriting!

Second Blog To Begin

My husband and I will be collaborating on a brand new blog, The Cinema Scope. Considering we spend about 8-10 hours per week watching movies, it seemed only natural for us to create our own film critique blog.

Take a peek at: http://www.thecinemascope.com/.

NEW BOOK - COMING SOON

Within the next few months, I will be starting nationwide research on my new book, The Joy Filled Life. Look for the latest updates on the website: http://www.thejoyfilledlife.com/.

Arizona Play Production

Great news! My play, God's Grace, was selected by a juried panel for a staged reading at the Arizona Women's Theatre Company 2007 Pandora Festival - Secrets Revealed. The sold out production took place on May 20 in Scottsdale, Arizona.

Those They Left Behind: Interviews, Stories, Essays and Poems by Survivors of Suicide is finally published! The book was a year in the making and well worth the hard work. I hope the book helps many survivors of suicide realize they are not alone. The book will be available soon at Amazon.com and BarnesandNoble.com. The book has been published using a profit-free publishing model in order to keep costs down and any profits made from the sale of the book will be donated to organizations that assist survivors of suicide.

Major Blog Revisions

I've given my blog a whole new look and a new name! What used to be Transformational Theatre is now Transformational Stories. Why the change? Transformational Stories will encompass an expanded mission of facilitating the telling of personal stories through narrative, drama and film. Tranformational Stories also has a new website at: http://www.transformationalstories.com/

More news and information coming soon!